The African Enterprise Institute introduces its Entrepreneurship Support Program for students of qualified and verified Institutions of higher learning. Our program provides support for students seeking a career in established businesses or in entrepreneurship ventures. We support students accepted into our entrepreneurship support program with grants and scholarships for trainings and guidance in business startup, capital raising, business sustainability and executive management trainings.  We also support the most promising would-be entrepreneurs amongst our student community with additional access to capital for startup, access to markets and access to the global skills required to be successful in the 21st century business environment.

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1. Entrepreneurship Strategy series (FREE) courses for selected students or entrepreneurs of a given school or University. 25 licenses for Private Universities with small populations, 50 for State Universities, 100 for Federal Universities.

  • Get the youths selected to register, follow and like our social handles Identify
  • Seek partner in the University such as a computer Lab or training center with computer stations if required seek off campus support from cybercafés, business centers, exam centers.
  • They can take the course online

2. Select 3 outstanding entrepreneurs, from those that took the course for further support;
a. Based on drive and ideas
b. Business planning and their assessment as well as engagement

3. Offer the 3 entrepreneurs selected the following:
a. StartUp Nigeria series
b. Becoming a Champion study package.

  1. “Becoming A Champion” SPEAKING EVENT for selected students in the school or for partnership schools in that catchment area to come to one location etc.a. Dr Nick Okoye speaks on his experiences as a serial Entrepreneur, Enterprise Development and National Development Strategy (Support for entrepreneurs, engagement, national development, post covid, local content value chain sequencing, Africa strategy and Human Capital dev Strategy) converted into a podcast.b. Online ZOOM with Dr Nick Okoye for selected students with best drive, ideas and enthusiasm. FREE to 50 students only. Converted into podcast.c. Dinner with Dr Nick Okoye four times a year for four girls and four boys. (selected by trivia) Christmas, easter, summer and fall.
  2. We can support a further number of aspiring entrepreneurs in their community into the second stage of ESP for:a. Paring with our Super Mentorsb. Funding of their qualified eligible business (especially if chosen from our listed options of “Community Enterprises”)c. Market penetration for selected markets including Lagos, rest of Africa and the United States.d. New businesses set up, Getting Started in Business for school leavers. Short list for getting funded as Vendors, Micro merchants, Business in a Box, Apprenticeship etc.
  3. Funding and support in business is available for an additional 100 to 250 school leavers (depending on school population) aspiring to be entrepreneurs not previously selected in the original 25/ 50/ 100. If they pass our ESP assessment and get certified. However the additional 100 to 250 will need to be funded by Alumni philanthropists, companies operating in the School, development partners or Diaspora members of that School Alumni. We will work together to find the funding partners for this. Once they are trained then they are inducted into the ESP 21st Century Entrepreneurship Revolution which includes funding for businesses and enterprises in selected fields. The new 100 to 250 entrepreneurs are funded by third parties for the ESP as a bundle N50k each.
  4. Once new 100 to 250 have been selected. And funding partners are secured working closely with the ANCHOR, Then the same step process 1 to 6 will follow.

PROGRAMS

The Entrepreneurship Strategy series is a bundle of courses that provides students, young would-be entrepreneurs and professionals seeking a new career in entrepreneurship, a comprehensive in-depth understanding of the meaning of entrepreneurship, its history over millennia and how entrepreneurs are driven by passion to impact lives and solve problems. The ten module series also goes into the true meaning of strategy and how strategy can be designed to fit any entrepreneurial venture.

The course will guide you through the painstaking process of business startup in various high growth disruptive 21st century industries including but not limited to technology, medical fields, trade, construction, fashion, beauty, entertainment, real estate, energy, oil and gas, renewables etc.

Dr Nick Okoye, serial entrepreneur, in association with the African Enterprise Institute of Washington DC, United States of America, has designed a full-fledged “Becoming A Champion” study package for all young people, aspiring entrepreneurs and business executives seeking to operate at peak levels and to accomplish monumental achievements. The study package provides an opportunity to study and learn from Dr Okoye’s in-depth experiences and expertise in enterprise growth and development, project design and funding as well as national development strategy. The study package constitutes material for developing the right mindset for leadership and entrepreneurship, it includes daily, monthly and annual tactics for success, personal improvement strategies for professional and business people as well as national development frameworks, for communities, states, regions and Nations, which are required for building an entrepreneurial nation of successful entrepreneurs. In addition, Dr Okoye shares the sophisticated strategies he and his team adopted to grow several enterprises he has led or supported to become mega business enterprises and conglomerates today.

The Enterprise Institute is constantly expanding its collation of super mentors, to narrow the gap between the most wealthy, most successful people of African descent and the inspiring young people of African descent who need, a hand up, and not, a hand out. Our young people need access to opportunities to explore their talents, create their own wealth and we make that happen by giving them access to global skills which guarantee them opportunities of the 21st century.

Nothing seems to be more important for the future of work and future of opportunities than that ability to gain 21st century skills that are in HOT demand. In fact, many corporations are skipping the requirements for College and University degrees and opting instead for certifications in specific skills that are required and that are in demand nationally, continently and globally.